Punishment for sale : private prisons, big business, and the incarceration binge / Donna Selman and Paul Leighton.

"Punishment for Sale is the definitive modern history of private prisons, told through social, economic and political frames. The authors explore the origin of the ideas of modern privatization, the establishment of private prisons, and the efforts to keep expanding in the face of problems and...

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Main Author: Selman, Donna, 1967-
Other Authors: Leighton, Paul, 1964-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010.
Series:Issues in crime & justice (Lanham, Md.)
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Summary:"Punishment for Sale is the definitive modern history of private prisons, told through social, economic and political frames. The authors explore the origin of the ideas of modern privatization, the establishment of private prisons, and the efforts to keep expanding in the face of problems and bad publicity. The book provides a balanced telling of the story of private prisons and the resistance they engendered within the context of criminology, and it is intended for supplemental use in undergraduate and graduate courses in criminology, social problems, and race & ethnicity."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 204 p.).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-193) and index.
ISBN:9781442201743
1442201746
1282480618
9781282480612
9786612480614
6612480610
144220172X
9781442201729
Language:English.
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